Proverb Examples from around the world

Proverbs Starting with letter S - part 3
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Straws tell which way the wind blows.
Straying shepherd, straying sheep.
Street angel, house devil.

Strength avails not a coward.
Strength comes from Union.
Stretch your arm no further than your sleeve will reach.
Stretch your foot to the length of your blanket.
Stretch your legs according to the length of your bedspread.
Stretch your legs according to your coverlet.
Stretch your legs as far as your quilt (blanket) goes.
Stretch your legs no farther than your coverlet.
Stretch yourself according to your cover-lid.
Strew no roses before swine.
Strife is better than loneliness.
Strike me a light, and I'll light you.
Strike when the iron is hot.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Stroke the dog and he will mark you with his dirty paws.
Stroke the horse until it is saddled.
Stroke your dog and he will steal eggs.
Stroke your dog, and he'll spoil your clothes.
Strong attachment is difficult -- it makes one mad or kills.
Strong folks have strong maladies.
Strong is the vinegar of sweet wine.
Strong wood is worth more than painted wood.
Stubborn men make lawyers.
Stubbornness is the energy of fools.
Study invites study, idleness produces idleness.
Studying is light; not studying is darkness.
Stumbling is not falling.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Stupid people always think they are right. Wise people listen to advice.
Stupid solutions that succeed are still stupid solutions.
Stupidity begins with honesty.
Stupidity is a force unto itself.
Stupidity won't kill you, but it can make you sweat.
Submission to one wrong brings on another.
Submit to the rule you have yourself laid down.
Substance is not enough, accident is also required.
Subtlety set a trap and caught itself.

Success alters our manners.
Success and rest don't sleep together.
Success consecrates the foulest crimes.
Success grows out of struggles to overcome difficulties.
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
Success has many friends.
Success has many parents, but failure is an orphan.
Success is a journey not a destination.
Success is doing what you like and making a living at it.
Success leads to insolence.
Success makes a fool seem wise.
Success or ruin.
Such a beginning, such an end.
Such as the man is, such will be his discourse.
Such is the fate of the sheep: either shorn or roasted.
Sudden glory soon goes out.
Sudden trust brings sudden repentance.
Sue a beggar and catch a louse.
Sue a beggar and get a louse.
Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.
Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Sugarcane is always sweet people only sometimes so.
Sugared words generally prove bitter.
Suit yourself to the times.
Summer will not last for ever.
Sun cannot be daubed using wet clay.
Sun is for cucumbers, rain for rice.
Sun with teeth.
Sunshine all the time makes a desert.
Sunshine without rain makes a desert.
Supper is soon served up in a plentiful house.
Suppers have killed more than doctors have ever cured.
Supple as a glove.
Supposed to be ironic, meaning that it is better to have one person in charge than many.
Surfeits slay mae than swords.
Suspicion bears dark devils.
Suspicion is the poison of friendship.
Sussex won't be druv.
Swahili for: "hurry, hurry has no blessing".
Swear by the words of the teacher.
Sweat makes good mortar.
Sweep first before your own door, before you sweep the doorsteps of your neighbors.
Sweep in front of your own door.
Sweep in front of your own door before you look after your neighbor's.
Sweep the ground in front of your own door.
Sweet are the tears that are dried by your loved one.
Sweet is the memory of past labor.
Sweet meat requires sour sauce.
Sweet rice is eaten quickly.

Sweet song has betrayed many.
Sweet tongues buy horses on credit.
Sweet wine makes sour vinegar.
Swift gratitude is the sweetest.
Swiftest horse cannot overtake the word once spoken.
Swim on and don't trust.
Swimming so much, only to remain on the shore.

These are Proverb Examples from around the world, some have been translated from their original language to english.


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